Dispensing device.



W. S. BARNEY.

DISPENSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1912. RENEWED 001. 27, 1914.

1,133,698. Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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Application filed'lttarch 28, 1312, Serial No. 686,959. Renewed October 27, 1914. Serial No. 883,917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it hown that I, WALTER S. BARNEY, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of Boston, county of Sufi'olk, State'of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Dispensing Devices, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts. v

My invention is particularly applicable to a dispensing apparatus adapted to be lit secured'to the side of a stand or wall, and comprising a nozzle portion and a supply reservoir capable of being readily attached to and detached from the nozzle portion.

An important feature of my invention consists in the novel arrangement of means in one portion, preferably the nozzle, co-

operating with means in the other por-- tion,viz., the supply reservoir, so that the supply reservoir may be kept corked and.

sealed while it and the nozzle are being united, andwhereby the seal is automati- Cally broken by the completion-of the unit ing' operation and the nozzle and reservo1r thereby rendered automatically ready for use. An important advantage of this featill ture of my invention is that I can afix the nozzle to a bracket and have it permanently attached to a table, stand, side wall, etc.,

to which a supply reservoir, (and hence new and successive reservoirs) may be applied in inverted position, the cork or seal of such reservoir being unbroken until it and the nozzle are united.

A. further feature of importance consists in the nozzle arrangement, as wilhbe described hereafter.

l have herein shown my invention as applied to a device for dispensing a saponaceous or cleaning liquid, though it is to be understood that it is not limited to use in such devices.

Further objects of my invention are to produce an inexpensive, practicable liquid dispensing device, capable of being manufactured and sold at a minimum price, and. capable of being replaced by a reservoir Referring to the drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Figure 1 1s aside view, partly in cross section, of a dispensing device illustrating the reservoir, nozzle, etc; and Fig. 2 is a plan view oi the nozzle and bracket without the reservoir attached thereto.

The nozzle portion is preferably of metal and conveniently formed with a bracket 1 Intended to be attached tothe side of any suitable support. The nozzle portion includes a threaded socket 2, having an annular shoulder 3 and a neck 4 terminating in a narrowed orifice at 5 of appropriate diameter to retain the member 6, shown as a ball tilt 2 is arranged a metallic ring 8 having its.v 1

central portion in the shape of a truncated cone with an aperture in the top of the cone.

This ring fits loosely within the socket 2 and may be easily removed for cleaning.

A supply reservoir 9, of metal, glass,

pressed paper, or the like, is provided with a lower threaded neck screw into the socket 2.

A. thin metal or a paper cork or seal 10, backed by a heavier cork 11, havinga central aperture of slightly larger diameter portion, adapted to than the'cone portion of the ring 8,-serves 1 as a stopper to the receptacle or reservoir 9. The thin cork or seal 10 will be perforated by the conic portion of the ring 8 as the reservoir 9 is screwed into the socket 2, but not until the member 9 is sufiiciently joined to the socket portion 2 so that the contents will not be spilled.

It will thus be seen that l have provided a simple and efficient dispensing device with automatic means to open the cork or seal of the reservoir during the operation of joining the reservoir and the nozzle, and this construction enables me to apply the filled reservoir upside down to the nozzle portion and establish an open communication between said reservoir and nozzle without losing any of the contents from the reservoir and without permitting said contents to be contaminated or exposed to the air until actually delivered from the nozzle.

' In practice I have found that the opera-j tion of the ball nozzle herein shown is very efiicient and automatic, as the contents of the device are fed on the vacuum feed or baropass at the same time, so,'as a bubble of air is admitted, the opening is efiectively closed by the inflow of liquid. Also as the ball is moved upward, dlsplacing an amount of liquid and as it is permitted to again seat itself, anequivalent amount of air-will flow around its peripher 8, which air will be therein retained until the ball is again operated to withdraw a charge, when the air will. force its way through the conical opening into the, reser voir to permit another supply toflow from said reservoir to the nozzle portion.

'I believe that the provision of means to automatically open or break a cork or seal during the operation of oining a nozzle to a sealed supply reservoir 15 a dlstinct novelty in the art to which this invention relates, and I therefore desire toclaim this feature broadly, as it will be manifest that such a construction is of decided advantage in many cases, particularlly in permittin the nozzle to be permanent y attached an sucs cessive supply reservoirs to be applied thereto withoutdanger of spilling the contents.

Having described my invention, what I a claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

i 1. A liquid soap dispensing apparatus, comprising a reservoir havin an externally threaded neck and a thin sea of penetrable 6 material closing said neck, a support for the I and be caught below the under surface 0 the ring or diaphragm- 1,1se,ees

reservoir having a dispensin nozzle and a socket provided with interna threads 006perating withthose on the neck of said reservoir to support the same while filled and in inverted position, in combination with means carried by the socket constructed and arranged to penetrate-automatically the seal of said reservoir during the operation of joining said neck and socket.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a permanent support and a liquid soap reservoir adapted to be detachably connected to the support, said support comprising a nsing nozzle having a threaded socket and a'movable member below said socket operative to dispense a liquid from the reservoir, said reservoir having a threaded neck arranged to be screwed into said socket whlle the reservoir is in inverted position and closed, and. a loosely fitting member ,in the nozzle portion of said sup: port between the threaded socketandthe movablemember, said loosely fitting member having means to open the closure in the neck of the reservoir. as said reservoir and nozzle areunited.

3. A liquid-soap dispensingdevice, comprising a nozzle and socket member adapted to be permanently attached to a support, a closed supply reservoir detachably. secured to said member and supported solely thereby, and cooperative means on the socket and the supply member (permitting; the reservoir to be secured to an supported by the said nozzle while closed and m inverted position,

said means permitting further relative movement of 'the reservoir and socket, in combination with a hollow metallic member to I fenetra-tethe closure of the reservoir, wherey said reservoir is opened automatically during such further relative movement.

In testimony whereof, I- have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER. s, BABNEY. Witnesses:

Cmnnss T. CAHILL,

Janus R. Honnnn. 

